<p>At this point I've narrowed down my list to Cornell and Tulane. I'm planning on majoring in biomedical engineering and I know both schools are excellent in this field. I'm being offered the same amount of money at both schools. I've been accepted to Tulane's honor's program, and I just visited a couple of weekends ago and really enjoyed my stay. I'm visiting Cornell this weekend, so I should be able to make a choice after that.
Here are some of the things I'm considering:
I want to have fun while I'm at college. I hear that Cornell Engineers have a really heavy workload and don't get to go out much.
I've lived in New York City my whole life, and I want to get out. I'm afraid Ithaca may be too rural for me though.
I like warm weather...</p>
<p>I'm sort of setting this all up so that Tulane is the obvious answer, and I don't mean to. It's just that at this point I feel like I'm leaning toward it.</p>
<p>I work for Tulane’s med school but am also taking a genetics class at the Uptown campus. There is absolutely no comparison between the two schools. </p>
<p>I was expected something much more from this course. Needless to say, I am sorely disappointed. My sister is a full-time student at Tulane this semester and she shares my sentiments.</p>
<p>Tulane is in New orleans right?
My friend is going to attend there this year and can’t wait. Cornell can get kind of gloomy and New orleans is so upbeat and exciting. I also heard that the workload is crazy at Cornell. BTW the bioengineering at cornell is terrible. Everything else for engineering at Cornell is beast except for this. Someone is deciding between Upenn and Cornell for this same major and found this out. That’s why this person is going to Upenn. But definitely visit Cornell and tell us what you think.</p>
<p>And no…New Orleans is not upbeat and exciting. Unless senseless murder and corrupt city government is your cup of tea. And can’t forget about the Tulane student who kidnapped from the campus, taken to a local park and raped during mardi gras. Or the muggings that occur on campus in broad daylight.</p>
<p>But they don’t tell you those things during pre-frosh visits ;)</p>
<p>So, a) you heard the workload is crazy from somewhere
b) you know of a dude who was researching schools and somehow found out that Cornell’s bioengineering sucks</p>
<p>wow, pretty solid and convincing evidence, I’d say. I’m glad you’ve opened my eyes.</p>
<p>cornell’s bioengineering may or may not suck…but if the OP is from NYC and is looking for a warmer place…</p>
<p>new orleans is definitely a wonder of its own…also if the OP might be considering med school at cornell in the city…then Tulane would be a good place to apply from…</p>
<p>Cornell can get kind of gloomy but Tulane can get very sticky and nasty lol…</p>
<p>I got into both schools but Cornell gave me more grant money (probably b/c of my URM status)…I think I am getting more of a challenge here…but Tulane is a well respected school…</p>
<p>I’d say that bioengineering isn’t a good major to pursue in the first place…it’s better to do something more general like ChemE, ME, or EE, and then to do an MS in BME if you’re interested in the biomedical field. Training in one of the former 3 will give a strong background for the particular area of BME one is interested in (e.g. ChemE = tissue engineering, drug delivery, ME = prosthetics and biomechanics, EE = biomedical devices, etc.). BME on its own is limited in comparison to the other majors (I’ve heard that the major has such a broad scope that depth is sometimes lacking), and has a lower average starting salary. In 20 years, it’ll be a great, solid major. But right now, I’m not so sure (even though it’s “hot” and everyone and their mother is doing it). Even the people at JHU (#1 BME program, you know) are forced to concentrate in something besides BME as a requirement to graduate. [Yes, I’ve gone over to the dark side. What can I say? The evidence is overwhelming.]</p>
<p>And Cornell is >> Tulane. Much higher quality and all that. But that’s just my personal opinion; obviously dewdrop87 is the expert here, as he has experience at both universities.</p>
<p>Also, you should realize that Cornell doesn’t actually offer a BME major (quite possibly why it doesn’t have a strong rank…it’s kind of hard to do so when you don’t offer the major). At best, you can minor in BME.</p>
<p>USNWR ranks bioengineering at Cornell #2, and since biomedical engineering isn’t even a major at Cornell, I have no idea what Rookie_1 is talking about</p>
<p>I was in a similar situation a couple months back after i was accepted to Cornell ED and Tulane with a 24k scholarship and honors program invite. Since I did not receive financial aid from Cornell, my parents were really pushing for Tulane. I went to some infosessions for Tulane since I was unable to visit and it seemed okay. Then i went to Cornell during one of my breaks and fell in love with the whole environment. The people there are really friendly and the town outside of the university itself is quite nice. While I was unable to visit tulane, i am sure about my decision for Cornell. I honestly think that in the long run it will be worth it. Good luck with your decision.</p>
<p>USNWR doesn’t know what the f**k it’s talking about. We don’t have an agricultural engineering program, we don’t have an agricultural engineering major. We don’t even offer any agricultural engineering classes.</p>
<p>You aren’t majoring in AgE, even if you major in biological engineering courses, and take a bunch of agricultural courses, you are a biological engineering major, and thus in USNWR you would be considered in biological engineering.</p>
<p>USNWR has a fake methodology that doesn’t correlate with program strength AT ALL.</p>